Thousands more fans will descend on Prestbury Park for the third day of the 2025 Cheltenham Festival with the Ryanair Chase and Stayers' Hurdle the two big races on Thursday

CHELTENHAM FESTIVAL is rolling on at speed as we head into a stunning St Patrick’s Thursday! And it’s a big day in store for Sir Alex Ferguson – who has a whopping FOUR horses in

The Cheltenham Festival rolls on into its third day on Thursday after two spellbinding days of action on Tuesday and Wednesday.

The Ryanair Mares Novices Hurdle gets us underway at 1.20 and it features the biggest field ever assembled for this contest. So many of the races this year revolve around Willie Mullins he trains seven in this event and you could not rule any ot them out.

He hasn't been seen since winning a trial for this race at Leopardstown in December when beating Whatsavailable by three quarters of a length. Gavin Cromwell's horse Will The Wise is another interesting runner, arriving here on the back of two successive wins.

A flurry of snow has fallen on Cheltenham Racecourse ahead of the second day of The Festival. Thousands of racegoers are anticipated to descend on Prestbury Park for Style Wednesday later. Temperatures of around 1C (34F) brought snowfall to Cheltenham and wider Gloucestershire,